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This exam covers physics concepts related to kinematics including speed, acceleration, force, work, and energy. It contains two short answer questions asking students to describe motion based on a diagram and explain the reading on a scale in an elevator moving at constant velocity. It also contains two calculation questions, one estimating speed from a strobe pattern and the other determining acceleration and friction force on a cart. Students are asked to show their work and include any diagrams.

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EXAM1 Part2 Revised

This exam covers physics concepts related to kinematics including speed, acceleration, force, work, and energy. It contains two short answer questions asking students to describe motion based on a diagram and explain the reading on a scale in an elevator moving at constant velocity. It also contains two calculation questions, one estimating speed from a strobe pattern and the other determining acceleration and friction force on a cart. Students are asked to show their work and include any diagrams.

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PHY 1100 EXAM 1 – PART 2

Name:____________________

This is part two of Exam 1. Please answer all the questions completely and send it through
Exam 1 – PART 2 dropbox. Make sure to include all the diagrams and any work you
would like to show to your faculty.

Mathematical Information
Speed = distance/time; g=10 m/s/s (=10 m/s2)
change in velocity = acceleration x time interval. (ΔV=aΔt)
acceleration = force/mass (a=F/m)
work = force x displacement
kinetic energy = (½)mv2
potential energy = mgh

I. Short Answer. 10 points each. Answer briefly, but completely. Use complete sentences.

1. 1. You pull a small metal laboratory cart with wheels that roll with minimal friction
across a level table all the while applying a constant force. Briefly describe the motion in
words, and sketch a strobe pattern that would represent (in a general way) the cart’s
motion. Assume that friction is negligible and no other forces act on the cart.

Since the force applied on the cart is constant and we assume minimal (small constant)
friction on the cart so the net force on the cart is constant throughout the motion. Due to
the constant force the acceleration of the cart a (a = F/m) will be constant as well.
v = at
since a is constant so the velocity of the cart will keep increasing with time which means
with each passing second the cart will travel more and more distance.
1.
2. 2. An elevator, as illustrated, is being lifted up an elevator shaft by a steel cable.
Imagine you are standing on a scale in the elevator. What will the scale read when the
elevator is moving up in the shaft at a constant velocity?
Explain by drawing a free body diagram and label the forces appropriately.

mg
From the above Free body diagram, we can see that N the normal force acts on the scale in
upward direction and the weight mg acts downward. Since it is given that the elevator is moving
up with a constant speed that means the scale is also moving with it in upward direction with a
constant speed.
In that case using the second law of newton-
F = ma
N-mg = ma
a =0 because v is constant so
N-mg =0
N = mg
so, the normal force is equal to the weight of the person. We know that the reading of scale is
equal to the normal force so the scale will read the actual weight of the person.

II Calculations. 10 points each. Show all work.

1. 1. A strobe pattern is made of marks on a piece of paper recorded every 0.1 s. Two
adjacent marks near the middle of the pattern are 3.4 cm apart. Use this information to
estimate the instantaneous speed at that point.

instantaneous speed = (3.4*10^-2 m)/(0.1s) = 0.34 m/s

1. 2. A student applies 2 N of horizontal force to a 0.5 kg cart that is rolling on a level


table top. Assume no friction. Determine the acceleration of the cart. If now as a result of
a frictional force the new acceleration is 0.5 m/s2, what is the magnitude of the frictional
force? Explain your reasoning.

From second law of newton, we know that: -

F = ma
2 = 0.5 a
a = 4 m/s^2

let us assume f be the friction force then -


F-f = ma`
a` = 0.5 m/s^2 (given new acceleration)

therefore
2-f = 0.5(0.5)
f = 2-0.25
f = 1.75 N

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